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Refried beans are only fried once2024 Sep 27
This is doubtless common knowledge to any of the hundreds of millions of people who make refried beans, so I'm a little embarrassed I'm only learning this now, but "refried" beans are only fried once. The "refried" In the name comes from a mistranslation of the Spanish word "refrito." "Refrito" uses the prefix "re-" which unlike English, in Spanish doesn't mean "twice" but "very" – meaning the actual translation is "well fried beans."
This is doubtless common knowledge to any of the hundreds of millions of people who make refried beans, so I'm a little embarrassed I'm only learning this now, but "refried" beans are only fried once. The "refried" In the name comes from a mistranslation of the Spanish word "refrito." "Refrito" uses the prefix "re-" which unlike English, in Spanish doesn't mean "twice" but "very" – meaning the actual translation is "well fried beans."
Still tasty as all get-out, though.